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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031389177
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 481 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; America ; Public Diplomacy ; Diplomatie ; Internationale Politik ; Politische Kommunikation ; Mitarbeiter ; Praxis ; Geschichte ; USA
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I Precursors and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Colonial Era Foundations -- Chapter 2. Turning Points in a New Nation -- Chapter 3. Framing Practitioner Communities -- Part II, 20th Century Practitioners -- Chapter 4. Borrowing from Civil Society, 1917-1947 -- Chapter 5. Foreign Service – Building a Foundation, 1948-1970 -- Chapter 6. Foreign Service – Transforming Diplomacy, 1970-1990 -- Chapter 7. Cultural Diplomats -- Chapter 8. International Broadcasters -- Chapter 9. Soldiers -- Chapter 10. Covert Operatives and Front Groups -- Chapter 11. Democracy Builders -- Chapter 12. Presidential Aides -- Part III 21st Century US Diplomacy -- Chapter 13. Reinvention and Fragmentation -- Chapter 14. A Failure to Communicate? -- Chapter 15. Drivers of Change -- Chapter 16. What Happens Now? -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
    Abstract: This book tells the story of how innovative and rival practitioner communities have shaped American diplomacy’s public dimension. It is the fi rst book to frame U.S. public diplomacy in the broad sweep of American diplomatic practice from the early colonial period to the present. “…not only original but also potentially fi eld shifting. This is not simply another good book on American public diplomacy: it will be the book on American public diplomacy.” —Professor Geoffrey Wiseman, DePaul University, U.S.A “American Diplomacy’s Public Dimension, a masterful historical overview of American diplomatic communication, provides fi rst-time insight into the evolution of U.S. public diplomacy from the colonial era to the present day. This book also offers a nuanced assessment of contemporary public diplomacy practices in the face of rapid technological transformation and increasingly ‘societized’ diplomatic engagement. An exceptional blend of public diplomacy scholarship and deep institutional knowledge, this major work will appeal to diplomatic practitioners, professors, and policymakers.” — Vivian S. Walker, Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy “Gregory thinks like an academic while seeing public diplomacy through the lens of the work of the men and women who have put fl esh on the bones of U.S. public diplomacy policies… This book is steeped in deep knowledge and his exceptional dedication to getting our understanding of public diplomacy right.” —Professor Jan Melissen, Editor-in-Chief, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Bruce Gregory taught graduate and undergraduate courses on public diplomacy at Georgetown University and George Washington University for 17 years. Prior to that, his 33-year government career included positions at the Department of State, U.S. Information Agency, 13 years as executive director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and three years on the faculty of the National War College. Publications include peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, public policy reports, and a bimonthly literature review. P.
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    ISBN: 9783031513220
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 210 p. 6 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: EADI Global Development Series
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Middle East ; Africa ; Demokratisierung ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Politische Beteiligung ; Gemeindeverwaltung ; Politische Mobilisierung ; Marokko ; Tunesien ; Libanon
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Accountability in review -- 3. Social Accountability in Morocco -- 4. Social Accountability in Tunisia -- 5. Social Accountability in Lebanon -- 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This Open Access Pivot represents the first extensive exploration of social accountability within the Arab world following the 2011 Arab uprisings. Drawing on insights from development studies, comparative politics, and Middle East studies, the authors explore the evolution of accountability as a governance concept, review theories on social accountability’s role in improving public service delivery, and categorize types of social accountability initiatives, highlighting respective strengths and weaknesses. Detailed country chapters provide a solid basis for the comparative approach which reveals major variations in meanings of accountability, mobilization strategies, and official responses, rooted in the specific sociopolitical contexts of each country. Moreover, the book analyzes the influence of political and economic elites as well as the nature of popular mobilisation on accountability dynamics in the region. The authors conclude by discerning differences and commonalities across cases and offer recommendations for policymakers, donors, and practitioners seeking to enhance the effectiveness of social accountability initiatives. They address challenges such as the lack of enforcement mechanisms, the difficulty of scaling up initiatives, and the ambiguous effects of international interventions. This pioneering Pivot fills a significant void in the study of social accountability in the MENA region and provides a compelling framework for future research and policy design, making it an indispensable resource for experts and scholars. Ward Vloeberghs is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Erasmus University College Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where he serves as Head of the Social and Behavioural Sciences Department. He researches (Arab) elites through their symbolic and material articulations of power. Sylvia I. Bergh is Associate Professor in Development Management and Governance at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Senior Researcher at the Research Group Multilevel Regulation and the Centre of Expertise on Global and Inclusive Learning at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She has published widely on state-society relations in the MENA region. .
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    ISBN: 9783031394317
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 420 p. 25 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Past and Present Migration Challenges
    Keywords: Economic history. ; Social history. ; Emigration and immigration ; Demography. ; Population. ; Italians in Latin America ; migration challenges ; business history ; Italian emigration ; entrepreneurship ; USA ; asylum seekers ; transmission of knowledge ; migration ; socio-economic integration ; citizenship and integration ; economic history of migration ; Economics of Migration ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1.Introduction -- 2Atlantic Reflections: Italian Spirits and Business Communities in Americas -- 3.Italians in Southern Brasil: Tradition and Innovation -- 4.Business and Transmission of “Knowledge”: Italian Migration to Brasil -- 5.Science, Techniques, Ideas: Italian Emigration in the Construction of Modern Argentina -- 6.The Mafia in the Italian Ethnic Press in Argentina -- 7.Italian Remittances in Great Migration Years -- 8.Living Arrangements of European Second-Generation Immigrants in the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century -- 9.Policy Incoherence? The UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development -- 10.Dreaming Europe: Migrants from Moldova to the EU since the End of the USSR -- 11.Solidarity Driven by Utilitarianism: How Hungarian Migration Policy Transformed and Exploited Virtues of Solidarity -- 12.The Role of Local Socio-Economic Integration in Italian Asylum Adjudications -- 13.Past Migration and Current Challenges to Citizenship and Integration: The Chilean Migration in Italy -- 14.Italian Citizenship and New Generations: The Cases of Italian Without Citizenship and CoNNGI.
    Abstract: "This book is certainly useful for historians, as well as economists, sociologists and demographers. Nonetheless, policy makers and all the organizations (including non-profits) dealing with and managing human migration will find this work helpful." - Giovanni Gregorini, Professor, Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures and Chair, Department of History and Philology, Italy. This edited collection sheds light on the complex nature of migratory movements through the lens of economic and social history. It addresses a variety of migration issues involving Europe and the Americas in order to offer new insights on past and future migration and integration policies. The volume comprises multi-disciplinary research from both continents dealing with the economic, political, demographical and sociological impact of migration. This interdisciplinary approach aims to stimulate intellectual dialogue on the migration phenomenon among the international community of scholars in Europe and North and South America. It is divided into three parts, which offer an essential contribution to the issue of migration and aim at better understanding the effect that different forms of migration have had and will continue to exert on economic and social change in receiving countries. This book is a valuable resource for a wide audience including academics, students in the economic and social sciences, and government and EU officials working with migration topics. Francesca Fauri teaches Economic History at the Department of Economics of the University of Bologna. Her main research interests concern the history of European economic integration, local business history, Italy’s aviation history and Italian and European migration movements. Debora Mantovani teaches Sociology of Inequality at the Department of Political and Social Science of the University of Bologna. Her main research interests include the sociology of migration and education and primarily focus on children of immigrants’ school integration.
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    ISBN: 9783031182792
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 238 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Canada and International Affairs
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Politics and war. ; Security, International. ; Militärische Intervention ; Operation ; Niederschlagung ; Strategie ; Militär ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Ressourcen ; Einsatz ; Bereitschaft ; USA ; Kanada ; Afghanistan
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Countries with Different Material Capabilities Behaving Similarly -- 3. Unipolarity and Irregular Warfare: Assessing the Afghanistan Intervention’s Strategic Environment -- 4. American and Canadian Security Beliefs: Transitioning to Similar Foreign and Security Policies during the Afghanistan Intervention -- 5. Domestic Hurdles, Canadian and American Foreign Policy Executives(FPEs)’ Structural Autonomy and Resource-Extraction Capability -- 6. Conclusion: Unravelling the Research Puzzle.
    Abstract: “Federman Rodriguez sets out to resolve an intriguing puzzle: How did two countries with so great a disparity of national power, Canada and the United States, come to adopt similar military policies in Afghanistan in 2006-2011? International Relations theory and historical precedent would have predicted otherwise. Rodriguez’s highly readable volume provides a compelling explanation of Canadian and US foreign policy and sheds light on the opportunities and limitations of power in the international system.” --Elinor Sloan, Carleton University, Canada. “Federman Rodriguez adapts the theory of neoclassical realism to explain, despite vastly different capabilities, how Canada and the United States’ foreign and security policy in Afghanistan converged on a counterinsurgency campaign. He provides a theoretically unique and empirically rich analysis of the decisions made by each country. This book is important in understanding what happened to the ill-fated intervention in Afghanistan.” --Brian C. Schmidt, Carleton University, Canada. The book aims to explain the factors that brought about a high degree of similarity between American and Canadian foreign and security policies during the Afghanistan intervention. Specifically, it seeks to explain why, despite their different positions in the international distribution of power, the United States and Canada embraced similar counterinsurgency (COIN) strategies from 2005/2006 to 2011. During this time, the United States and Canada fought against insurgent groups, sought to maintain stabilized areas by mentoring Afghan forces, and invested in infrastructure and governance. These goals, which corresponded to the ‘clear,’ ‘hold,’ and ‘build’ COIN components, entailed sending troops and civilian officials to a war zone and committing financial resources. Federman Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Urban Studies at Rosario University, Bogotá, Colombia.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031394935
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 105 p. 16 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Evolving American Presidency
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    Keywords: America ; Executive power. ; Communication in politics. ; Political leadership. ; Außenpolitik ; Ausnahmezustand ; Regierungschef ; Vollziehende Gewalt ; Information ; Kommunikation ; Kommunikationspolitik ; Informationspolitik ; Sanktion ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Presidential Rhetoric and US Foreign Policy -- Chapter 2: Presidential Powers and National Emergencies -- Chapter 3: Presidential Rhetoric and National Emergencies -- Chapter 4: Sanction Rhetoric and Sanction Activities -- Chapter 5: Tough Talk in US Foreign Policy.
    Abstract: This book examines how presidents utilize their emergency powers, as well as factors that influence presidential rhetoric in U.S. foreign policy and declarations of national emergencies. Although scholars have examined presidential rhetoric and the influence it has on various policy arenas, this project is the first to take a text analytic approach to assess the nature of presidential rhetoric in the area of U.S. foreign policy and declarations of national emergencies. Broadly, Ouyang and Morgan seek to understand (1) how presidents exercise their authority to declare national emergencies and (2) how presidential rhetoric associated with each declaration of national emergencies changes over time. They begin by providing an overview of the development of presidential emergency powers. Then, they analyze the nature of presidential rhetoric in the context of U.S. foreign policy and national emergencies. Finally, they assess the strategic use of rhetoric in national emergency declarations and evaluate how this influences the implementation of economic sanctions stemming from these policies. In addressing these questions, this book helps to advance our understanding of U.S. foreign policy generally, national emergencies specifically, as well as the impact of presidential rhetoric on the policy selection and execution. Yu Ouyang is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University Northwest, USA. He received his undergraduate degree from Valdosta State University and his PhD from the University of Kentucky. His research on U.S. executive politics and quantitative methods has appeared in Congress & the Presidency, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and Social Science Quarterly. His recent book examines Donald Trump’s use of Twitter: Trump, Twitter, and the American Democracy: Political Communication in the Digital Age. Michael A. Morgan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Marietta College, USA. He received his undergraduate degree from Marietta College and his MA and PhD from the University of Kentucky. His research focuses primarily on American foreign policy and international security. He has had work published in Presidential Studies Quarterly and Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031448294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 288 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: America ; Political leadership. ; Communication in politics. ; Communication. ; Politisches Verhalten ; Sozialverhalten ; Politische Kultur ; Politische Einstellung ; Beeinflussung ; Populismus ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Theorizing Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories -- Chapter 2. Paranoia, Conspiracy Panic, and the Regime of Truth -- Chapter 3. New Conspiracism, Fake News, and QAnon -- Chapter 4. Conspiracies in the Voting Booth -- Chapter 5. Globalization, Populism, Conspiracism -- Chapter 6. Dark Money and Trumpism -- Chapter 7. The Deep State, Hegemony, Democracy -- Chapter 8. American Conspiracism Before and After January 6, 2021.
    Abstract: “A rare effort that prompts us to consider that conspiracy theories exist as do conspiracies. Finding a way to hold both phenomena in our minds without letting one overwhelm the other is a task and project that few are willing to undertake. Thank goodness Hellinger does it.” – Jack Z. Bratich, Associate Professor of Communications, Rutgers University “This is a cracking book. A fantastically rich and compelling analysis. It fills a lacuna of social science theorization of conspiracy with a superbly crafted and updated contribution.” – Julia Buxton, British Academy Global Professor, Criminology, University of Manchester Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in the Age of Trump stands out in the burgeoning literature on conspiracism with its call for political scientists to analyze not only “conspiracy theory” as political pathology but conspiracies themselves as political behavior symbiotically related to moral hazards and other forces unleashed by dark money, disinformation, changing technologies, and globalization. This new updated edition extends this analysis to the belief by many Americans that the 2020 election was stolen, resistance to social measures to counter the Covid epidemic, attempts by Trump and his allies to “stop the steal,” and the resulting mob insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. We likely will see both conspiracism and actual conspiracies play a greater role due to institutional decay in American politics. For this reason, political scientists need to analyse and theorize the role of conspiracies in politics—why they prosper and fail, how conspiracies may inflect political outcomes, what relationship they bear to social forces unleashed by great economic and social change. Daniel C. Hellinger is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Webster University, USA. Among his previous publications are “Paranoia, Conspiracy, Hegemony in American Politics” in Transparency and Conspiracy: Ethnographies of Suspicion in the New World Order (2003), (co-authored )The Democratic Façade (2nd edition, 1991), Comparative Politics of Latin America: Democracy at Last? (2014), and (co-editor, contributor) Bolivarian Democracy in Venezuela: Participation, Politics and Culture (2011).
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031370113
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXI, 254 p. 91 illus., 90 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Africa ; Welfare economics. ; Political science. ; Economic policy. ; Völkermord ; Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit ; Vergangenheitsbewältigung ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Politischer Wandel ; Sozialer Wandel ; Wiederaufbau ; Resilienz ; Ruanda
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Factsheet of Rwanda -- Chapter 3: It’s Getting Bloody: From Early Signposts to the Searing Images of Genocide -- Chapter 4: Empathy, Love for Rwanda and Personal Quest -- Chapter 5: Tragedy to Triumph: Leadership, Military, People and Reconstruction -- Chapter 6: Forgiveness, Resilience, Exploits and Challenges -- Chapter 7: Radical Transformation, National Security Symposiums and Future of Rwanda -- Chapter 8: It’s Not Goodbyes but See You Again: The Allures of Rwanda -- Chapter 9: A Pictorial Excursion on Rwanda’s Transformation -- Chapter 10: Conclusions. .
    Abstract: This book discusses the radical transformation of Rwanda, focusing on the dynamics of its society before and after the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. Through contextualizing the significant changes experienced by the country, it throws searchlights on a number of other African states facing similar challenges. The author analyses Rwanda's challenges of nationhood after the genocide; the vision and will of the country’s leadership; its social programs and strategies for cohesion and national development; the population’s resilience; and its growing regional influence in the twenty-first century. Rwandan society is here considered not only through the lens of existing literature on African politics, but also through direct engagement and fieldwork with local populations, scholars and policymakers. In addition, the book weighs in on narratives of survivors and victims of the genocide to understand and present local dispositions to current realities such as reforms, development plans, inclusive policies and programs, and determine how Rwandans deal with historical identity issues and conflicts. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers interested in Rwandan and African politics, peace and conflict studies, security (strategic) studies, and genocide studies. Sheriff F. Folarin is a Professor of International Relations and visiting scholar at the Department of Political Science, Texas State University, USA; and at the Center for Conflict Management, University of Rwanda, Rwanda.
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    ISBN: 9783031449352
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 300 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World
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    Dissertation note: Dissertation Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 2020
    Keywords: United States ; Books ; Europe ; Intellectual life ; Religion ; Hochschulschrift ; USA ; Protestantismus ; Evangelikale Theologie ; Mather, Cotton 1663-1728 ; Edwards, Jonathan 1703-1758
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Spiritually Discerned -- Chapter 2. “Search the Scriptures; Search Your Experiences”: Reading the Bible Spiritually from the Reformation to Early Evangelicalism -- Chapter 3. “Experimental Christians”: Mather’s Philosophical and Biblical Vitalism -- Chapter 4. “Evangelical Illustrations”: Mather’s Experimental Exegesis -- Chapter 5. “Complex Spiritual Ideas”: Edwards, the Spiritual Sense, and Scripture -- Chapter 6. “It Wonderfully Enlightens”: Edwards’ Exegesis of Sensation -- Chapter 7. Conclusion./.
    Abstract: This book explores the early evangelical quest for enlightenment by the Spirit and the Word. While the pursuit originated in the Protestant Reformation, it assumed new forms in the long eighteenth-century context of the early Enlightenment and transatlantic awakened Protestant reform. This work illuminates these transformations by focusing on the dynamic intersection of experimental philosophy and experimental religion in the biblical practices of early America’s most influential Protestant theologians, Cotton Mather (1663-1728) and Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). As the first book-length project to treat Mather and Edwards together, this study makes an important contribution to the extensive scholarship on these figures, opening new perspectives on the continuities and complexities of colonial New England religion. It also provides new insights and interpretive interventions concerning the history of the Bible, early modern intellectual history, and evangelicalism’s complex relationship to the Enlightenment. Ryan P. Hoselton is Associate Pastor at Munich International Community Church and Visiting Scholar at Heidelberg University in Germany, where he taught religious history and historical theology from 2016-2023. He co-edited The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism (2022), and he is editing vol. 7 of the Biblia Americana (Matthew-Luke).
    Note: Dissertation eingereicht unter dem Titel: Spiritually discerned: Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and experiential exegesis in early evangelicalism
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    ISBN: 9783031164231
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 240 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Militär ; Bewachungsgewerbe ; Privatisierung ; Mobilmachung ; Beschränkung ; Militärpolitik ; USA ; Großbritannien ; Italien
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Military Privatization and State Power in Historical Perspective -- 3. Domestic Political Constraints and Contractor Support to Military Operations: a new Theoretical Framework -- 4. Mobilization Constraints and Military Privatization in the United States -- 5. Mobilization Constraints and Military Privatization in the United Kingdom -- 6. Military Mobilization Constraints and Military Privatization in Italy -- 7. Effectiveness, Norms, and Military Cultures: Assessing Mobilization Constraints against Competing Explanations -- 8. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book investigates the connection between tightening mobilization constraints and the use of PMSCs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Drawing on neoclassical realism and institutionalist theory, it conceptualizes democracies’ use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) as an attempt to circumvent the tightening constraints on the mobilization of military power. The use of private military contractors is less subjected to parliamentary restrictions and less visible to public opinion than the deployment of soldiers. Rather than cheaper in financial terms, PMSCs are therefore politically cost-effective, as they enable decision-makers to minimize the institutional obstacles on conducting military operations and the electoral costs attached thereto. The need to reduce the ex ante hurdles and the ex post costs of military deployments fills the blind spots of alternative explanations for the use of PMSCs based on effectiveness, ideology, and organizational interests. Eugenio Cusumano is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Messina, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031220531
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 313 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Internationale Politik ; Rivalität ; Militärisches Gleichgewicht ; Strategische Stabilität ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Rüstungswettlauf ; Geschichte ; Japan ; USA ; Pazifischer Raum
    Abstract: 1. Overbalancing as a Systemic Pathology -- 2. Explaining Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War -- 3. Appropriate Balancing in the Naval Arms Control Era, 1920-1931 -- 4. The Manchurian Crisis as an Exogenous Shock, 1931-1933 -- 5. Overbalancing and Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War, 1933-1941 -- 6. Beyond Japan and the Pacific War.
    Abstract: This book investigates the phenomenon of overbalancing through an analysis of Japan’s foreign policy during the interbellum. In the mid-1930s, Japan withdrew from a naval arms control framework that had restrained military buildup on both sides of the Pacific Ocean since the early 1920s. By doing so, Japan not only triggered a naval arms race with the United States that exhausted its economy, it also destroyed the last institutionalized structure regulating the relationship between the two Pacific powers. Japan and the United States became caught in a spiral of tensions that culminated with the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Puzzling is the fact that the international environment in the Asia-Pacific was relatively stable in the mid-1930s, while Washington was pursuing a policy of accommodation toward Tokyo. By rejecting arms control and engaging in unfettered naval expansion, Japan overbalanced against the United States and began its rush to the Pacific War. The book explains Japan’s overbalancing with a neoclassical realist model that combines the literatures on threat perception and civil-military relations. Amid the Manchurian crisis of 1931-1933, as the Japanese government collaborated with the military institution to address the situation in China, military influence on the formulation of foreign policy surged. The perceptual and policy biases of the military, which include the tendency to distrust other countries’ intentions, to adopt worst-case analyses of international dynamics and to strive to maximize military power, gradually penetrated the decision-making process. Dysfunctions in the preexisting structure of Japanese civil-military relations, engendered by an over-depoliticization of the military institution, allowed the navy to convince policymakers that the United States was inherently hostile to Japan, hence the necessity to prepare for war. The government was brainstormed, adopting the biased military perspective on international affairs. Japan overbalanced in a myopic but conscious way. Lionel P. Fatton is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, and Research Collaborator at the Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer, Meiji University, Japan.
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    ISBN: 9783031413674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 151 p. 7 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Emigration and immigration ; Emigration and immigration. ; International organization. ; Gesellschaft ; Internationale Migration ; Einwanderung ; Einwanderer ; Auswanderer ; Auswanderung ; Zuwanderer ; Gruppe ; Soziale Integration ; Assimilation ; Migrationspolitik ; Transnationale Politik ; Politischer Prozess
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The dynamics of transnationalism -- Chapter 3: Institutionalising the transnational -- Chapter 4: Transnational spaces -- Chapter 5: The transnational lifeworld: moral geography and lived time -- Chapter 6: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book is the first of a work in two parts addressing the relations between the transnational society and the state. It is dedicated to the analysis and conceptualisation of transnational societies. This work moves beyond the mere depiction of transborder socialities by shedding light on the fundamental structures underpinning them. It investigates the mechanics of their formation and evolution, their demise or transformation into diasporas. It theorises transmigrants as plural humans embedded and socialised in multiple settings, and whose activities are sustained and framed by three key social institutions: transnational families, businesses and associations. It sheds light on the construction of an intersubjective moral framework regulating the relations between migrants and non-migrants. Finally, it examines the space-time continuum of transnational societies. Thomas Lacroix is a geographer, CNRS director of research at the Centre for International Research of Sciences Po Paris and a fellow of the Institut Convergence Migrations.
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    ISBN: 9783031461699
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 220 p. 21 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe ; Political science. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Identity politics. ; Serben ; Securitization ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Internationale Organisation ; Erweiterung ; Bosnien-Herzegowina
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Theoretical Framework -- 4. Imagining the Bosnian Serb Ethnic Identity: A Historical Overview -- 5. Discourse Analysis of Securitisation Acts of the Political Elite in Republika Srpska -- 6. Perceptions of the Voters in Republika Srpska on the Internat and External Other -- 7. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book discusses the impact of the process of accession to the European Union (EU) – i.e. Europeanisation – on the formulation of the ethnic identity of Bosnian Serbs and the political identity of Republika Srpska (RS) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The centrepiece of the book is an examination of how it is possible that the expected effect of Europeanisation on ethnic identities in a post-conflict environment – a transformation of ethnic identities through desecuritisation – does not materialise in the case of BiH and the RS. The book starts from the assumption that the political elite in the RS uses Europeanisation as a context for the securitization of two sources of threats – the internal and external Other. This prevents the transformation of ethnic identities in BiH, and as a result also the desecuritisation of antagonisms among the ethnic groups of BiH. The results show that any attempt at a more active engagement by the EU and international community was interpreted by the RS political elite as Bosniak agenda aimed against the RS. In this respect, the book demonstrates that BiH’s EU accession process or a clearer EU perspective alone in scrutinized critical junctures did not outweigh the potential costs for the RS political elite if reforms aimed at creating a more functional BiH were to succeed. In all three analysed critical junctures, the political elite in RS presented motions for a more functional BiH as attempts to centralise the country and framed them as the beginning of the end for the RS as a political entity. Faris Kočan is Assistant Professor at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. His research is focused on the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans and the role of the European integration in addressing the troubled past of post-Yugoslav space. He has published, among others, in the Nationalities Papers, Ethnopolitics, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, and contributed chapters to monographs published in international publishing houses (Peter Lang, Ibidem). He has been working on many research projects, including those funded by Horizon 2020, JM/Erasmus+ and Slovenian Research Council.
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    ISBN: 9783031094132
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 283 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Zhou, Jinghao, 1955 - Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China–US Relations
    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Hegemonie ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Position ; Großmacht ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Politisches Interesse ; Außenpolitik ; Interessenkonflikt ; Wettbewerb ; Competition ; Diplomatic relations ; China ; USA ; China ; United States
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: U.S. Engagement Strategy Partially Failed -- Chapter 3: Nature of the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 4: Real Trap of China-U.S. Relations -- Chapter 5: Intention of Chinese Policymakers: Cultural Source of the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 6: China’s Global Expansion and the International Institutions -- Chapter 7: China’s Core Interests vs. American Vital Interests -- Chapter 8: War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 9: Great Power Competition in the Post-Pandemic Era. .
    Abstract: Will China–U.S. relations come back to the normal track? Does the confrontational approach work for China–US relations? This book argues that it is an unrealistic hope to bring China–US relations back to the so-called normal track because the great power competition will be a new normal of China–US relations and the USA will gain more from strategic competition than cooperation in the long run. This book shows that the strategy of “great power cooperation through competition” is more positive and constructive than the approaches of “peaceful coexist” and “maximum pressure.” This book does not intend to provide policy recommendations for governments to consider, but mainly to explain why the great power competition is inevitable and why it is necessary to continuously work with China in some areas through strategic competition. This book alarms the importance of understanding the nature of the Chinese Communist Party during the great power competition and aims to motivate both sides to revisit their foreign policy practice and come up with a better foreign policy strategy of handling China–US relations. Jinghao Zhou is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, USA. His research focuses on Chinese ideology, politics, religions, and US–China relations. He has five books published which are as follows: Why Is the China Model Losing Its Power? (2020), Chinese vs. Western Perspectives: Understanding Contemporary China (2014), China’s Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China’s Road Map to Democratization (2010), Remaking China’s Public Philosophy and Chinese Women’s Liberation: The volatile mixing of Confucianism, Marxism, and Feminism (2006), and Remaking China’s Public Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century (2003).
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    ISBN: 9783031153891
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 351 p. 23 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Bipolarität ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Drittland ; Strategie ; Außenpolitik ; Neutralismus ; China ; USA ; Erde
    Abstract: China-US Strategic Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers in Europe and Asia -- US-China Strategic Competition in the Context of the Global Covid-19 Pandemic -- U.S.-China Strategic Competition in Each Domestic Context -- Strategic Choices for Switzerland in the US-China Competition -- The China Nudge: Naivety, Neutrality and Non-alignment in Sweden -- Continuity and change in Italy-China relations: From economic pragmatism to selective followership and back -- China and Germany after the 2021 Election: Between Continuity and Increasing Confrontation -- The UK’s response to the challenge of managing its relationships with China and the USA -- Navigating and Riding the Double Bind of Economic and Political Hedging: Japan and the US-China Strategic Competition -- Explaining Korea’s Positioning in the US-China Strategic Competition -- Taking side with the US against China? An analysis of the Taiwanese Choice -- Other Countries are Small Countries, and That’s Just a Fact: Singapore’s Efforts to Navigate the US-China Strategic Rivalry.
    Abstract: “This edited volume is a collection of chapters by noted scholars of US-China relations as well as regional experts on Europe and East Asia. It makes a major contribution to our understanding of the impacts of great power competition on the middle powers in the two most important and dynamic areas of the world. All chapters are clearly written and original, providing fresh and unique insights into the complicated issues in the contemporary world. Strongly recommended for anyone who is interested in the great power relations and regional dynamics in Asia and Europe.” --Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Editor of Journal of Contemporary China. “Focusing on two uniquely important countries, the US and China, and the spillover effects of their competition on middle powers and smaller states in Europe and East Asia, the contributors have produced a volume that offers valuable comparative insights and fresh perspectives on the defining great power competition of our era.” --Jacques deLisle is Professor of Law and Political Science, and Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, USA. This open access edited book brings together a closer examination of European and Asian responses to the escalating rivalry between the US and China. As the new Cold War has surfaced as a perceivable reality in the post-COVID era, the topic itself is of great importance to policymakers, academic researchers, and the interested public. Furthermore, this manuscript makes a valuable contribution to an under-studied and increasingly important phenomenon in international relations: the impact of the growing strategic competition between the United States and China on third parties, such as small and middle powers in the two arguably most affected regions of the world: Europe and East Asia. Simona A. Grano is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich. David Wei-Feng Huang is Associate Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
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    ISBN: 9783031297588
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 125 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Minderheitenfrage ; Innerstaatlicher Konflikt ; Beilegung ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Friede ; Versöhnung ; Gesellschaft ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Zypern
    Abstract: CHAPTER ONE: Cyprus, a Special Case -- CHAPTER TWO: Rethinking the “Cyprus Problem” -- CHAPTER THREE: “On-the-Ground” Perspective: Cyprus is a Perfect Example of a Negotiation Culture Inherent in Lengthy Peace Processes -- CHAPTER FOUR: Greek Cypriot Vassiliou and Turkish Cypriot Akinci Bridge the Cyprus Divide -- CHAPTER FIVE: Reflections and Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book follows the author's 22-year journey through Cyprus and surrounding countries beyond in an exploration of conflict resolution with regard to the Cyprus Problem. The struggle is emblematic of numerous international attempts over the years to resolve this identity-based ethnic conflict historically referred to as the Cyprus Problem. So far all have failed miserably. The current situation indicates any solution other than a formal partition of the island between the two communities seems increasingly remote as the years pass.This has led the author to conclude a resolution to the Cyprus Problem no longer is a realistic political goal, but rather one eclipsed by the need for a non-political solution, which at least may succeed in convincing people on both sides to live together peacefully for their joint benefit. A. Marco Turk is Professor and Director Emeritus of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program at the California State University Dominguez Hills. .
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    ISBN: 9783031307966
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 218 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Außenpolitik ; Innenpolitik ; Internationale Politik ; Diskussion ; Politische Willensbildung ; Politische Einstellung ; Politisches System ; Einflussgröße ; Internationale Organisation ; Mitwirkung ; Bündnis ; Verteidigung ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Continuity and Change in U.S. Foreign Policy Toward NATO -- Chapter 2: American Public Perceptions and U.S. Foreign Policy toward Europe -- Chapter 3: Foreign Policy Elites and the National Security State -- Chapter 4: Democracy Promotion and Euro-Atlantic Integration -- Chapter 5: From Nation-Building at Home to America First and Make America Great Again -- Chapter 6: A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class? -- Chapter 7: Conclusions. .
    Abstract: “Professor Dolan’s book is must-reading for students, scholars, and observers of American foreign policy interested in understanding the U.S. relationship with NATO and domestic forces within the United States threatening the long-term support and health of that important international institution. Given the rise of populism in the United States, President Trump’s attempts to disengage from NATO and refocus on the perceived threat from China, and Russia’s unprovoked invasion and continued brutal military action in Ukraine, Dolan’s work could not be more timely and relevant.” —Dr. David B. Cohen, University of Akron “Turbulent global events like the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, the rise of China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have changed the international system that the United States and NATO have known since the end of the Second World War. From the perspective of American domestic politics, the world has become a more dangerous place. Read this exceptional analysis to help understand why.” —Dr. Alan G. Stolberg, Former Director of European Studies, United States Army War College This book argues that domestic politics and political pressures determine the extent of the U.S. role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from the emergence of containment strategy against the Soviet Union to the Russian war in Ukraine. NATO has evolved in the domestic politics of U.S. foreign policy from a conventional military alliance to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War to an important instrument in the competition against China and Russia. This book examines American domestic political implications of U.S. security commitments to NATO. It adopts a historical approach and places the U.S. foreign policy toward NATO on the domestic level of analysis by highlighting domestic political determinants in the foreign policymaking process. It also highlights the connections between the Biden Administration’s definition of a struggle between democracy and autocracy and the state of American democracy following the January 6th insurrection by far-right Trump extremists. U.S. These include the evolution of American attitudes towards NATO, societal and economic factors, and entrenched bureaucratic interests shaping U.S. foreign policy. The book incorporates the contributions of major theoretical works on the domestic political factors that shape foreign policy preferences and behavior to understand the extent to which domestic politics influences the historical evolution of the U.S. role in NATO and American foreign policy toward Europe. Chris J. Dolan is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master’s of Science program in Intelligence and Security Studies at Lebanon Valley College and a two-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar (North Macedonia, 2022; Kosovo, 2020).
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    ISBN: 9783031376122
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 294 p. 7 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Global Foreign Policy Studies
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Bipolarität ; Internationale Politik ; Geopolitik ; USA ; China ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Rethinking and Reframing the Great Power Rivalry -- 2. US-China Relations: From Engagement to Competition -- 3. South Asia in U.S.-China Great Power Competition -- 4. The Material and Ideational Forces Behind Japan’s Shifting Identity in the Face of the China-US Rivalry -- 5. From Hedging to Balancing: Australia’s China Policy and Implications for US-China Rivalry -- 6. The Kingmaker’s Conundrum: South Korea Navigating the Sino-US Peer Competition -- 7. ASEAN’s Agency amid U.S.-China Rivalry: Small-State Hedging across the Twin Chessboards -- 8. Last Among Unequals: Russia and the Contemporary Great Power Rivalry -- 9. New Europe on the New Silk Road: Central, East and Southeast Europe amid US-China Rivalry -- 10. The EU's Strategic Readjustment and its Impact on US-China Relations -- 11. Never Going to Let You Go: The Middle East, Great Power Competition, and the Rise of China -- 12. Stoking the US-China Rivalry: Zimbabwe and the Internationalization of its Anti-Sanctions Agenda -- 13. Latin America’s Role in the Great Power Competition -- 14. Managing the Sino-American Arctic Rivalry -- 15. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: Great power competition is back on the world stage, and today’s international system is home to regional influences on great power relations that cannot be ignored. The United States’ unipolar moment is long over, and China’s hegemonic ambitions find expression in a comprehensive global competition with the US that plays out across multiple spheres of world politics. The US-China rivalry can be felt in geostrategic, economic, governance, diplomacy, intelligence, and technological spheres, to name a few. Most accounts of China-US relations in the context of great power conflict emphasize the many ways in which this rivalry has a ripple effect across the globe, with an impact upon the relations and interests of smaller powers. And while these effects are considerable and important, this book contends that attention must also be paid to the ways in which smaller, regional states have the potential to shape this great power rivalry. Put simply, great powers both shape, and are shaped by, smaller states. Any understanding of contemporary great power relations between the US and China requires both a top down, but also a bottom up consideration of the interplay between great powers and regional ones. Often the interests of regional powers are rooted in domestic considerations such as their identities and national interests, and these influences transcend borders and often have an impact upon the great powers. This book considers these smaller, regional actors and attempts to measure the extent to which they influence the US-China rivalry. For this study, constructivist theory, which prioritizes the agency that regional powers enjoy, is loosely used as a tool to enable a more robust and comprehensive understanding of the influences on the contemporary great power relationship. Each of the book’s chapters represents a region, or part of a region, that enjoys a considerable impact upon US-China relations. Kari Roberts is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University (MRU). She is also a Coordinator of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). Saira Bano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, History, and Politics at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her research focuses on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, nuclear weapons issues in South Asia and IR theories.
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    ISBN: 9783031295935
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 279 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Middle East Today
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; Middle East ; Failed State ; Begrenzte Staatlichkeit ; Desintegration ; Sozialgeschichte ; Imperialismus ; Stellvertreterkrieg ; Jemen ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Theoretical concepts and historical background -- Chapter 2: Yemen’s decisive role in the Cold War -- Chapter 3: The neoliberal order and the structuration of Yemen’s famine over decades -- Chapter 4: Mapping the dominant power relations in the Yemen war since 2015 -- Chapter 5: Bab-al-Mandeb and the threat of the “One Belt One Road” project -- Chapter 6: Reflections on the meaning of the state disintegration of Yemen for the global economic system -- Chapter 7: Conclusion of the book: The imperialist imperative for war in the Middle East.
    Abstract: The book dives into the socio-historical roots of the current ‘disintegration’ of the Yemeni state, proposing that it is the result of a long process of devaluation of the Yemeni economy through imperialistic means, in the historical era of Advanced American imperialism—starting in the 1970s—that is facing the rise of China since the 1980s. As the United States feels threatened by the blossoming of Chinese influence on the Red Sea and the strategic maritime straits of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb, it is of utmost importance to understand the centrality of the war on Yemen. The disintegration of the Yemeni state since 2015, involving the disintegration of Yemeni sovereignty (in part through the fragmentation of the country), is a means of creating political chaos in a strategic country. The goal is to limit the growth of Chinese influence in the region of the Arab world, which threatens the financial superstructure of the global economic system based on the US dollar. Jude Kadri is a Professor at the Lebanese American University.
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    ISBN: 9783031477300
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 287 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Security Challenges
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Politics and war. ; Peace. ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Sicherheit ; Regierungschef ; Militärtechnik ; Drohne ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Unmasking the Nexus: Exploring US Grand Strategy and the Dynamic Role of Drones -- Chapter 3: Historicising the role of drones in US Grand Strategy -- Chapter 4: Drone Warfare and US Grand Strategy during the Bush Administration -- Chapter 5: Obama’s Drone Wars and US Grand Strategy -- Chapter 6: The Trump Administration, Drones and US Grand Strategy -- Chapter 7: The Dialectics and Dilemma of US Drone Warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Chapter 8: The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy, The Implications of Dron: e Proliferation for US Grand Strategy.
    Abstract: “Modern warfare has a lot to do with disruptive strategy and technology. The arrival of drones as an instrument of warfare is changing the way wars are planned, prosecuted, won, or lost. This development holds salient implications for statecraft globally. Francis Okpaleke’s book (Drones and US Grand Strategy in the Contemporary World) is a timely and modest contribution to the emerging scholarship on the strategic import of dronification in the context of the rapidly evolving international praxis of warfare. I strongly recommend the book for all stakeholders of the global community of Defence and Strategy.” — Al Chukwuma Okoli, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Political Science and Security Studies, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria This book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its continued proliferation for US for international security. The book provides a powerful base of evidence for policy makers and researchers by pointing to the perils of deployment of drone technology beyond their immediate or short-term objectives. It also explores how non-state actors and authoritarian regimes such as armed groups are harnessing armed drone technologies for their own political and military ends, as well as the underlying implications for US grand strategy and international security at large. Francis Okpaleke is a Senior Research and Policy Analyst for the Information and Communication Technology Council, Canada. He was formerly a Teaching and Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and Public Policy, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Francis holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and Security Studies, an MSc in Terrorism and Security Studies from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, and a BSc (First Class Honors) in Political Science from the University of Nigeria.
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    ISBN: 9783031476754
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 278 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
    Series Statement: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice
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    Keywords: Europe ; Collective memory. ; Identity politics. ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Gesellschaft ; Kollektives Gedächtnis ; Politische Kultur ; Nordirland
    Abstract: Preface -- Introduction Collective remembering and the power of commemoration -- Chapter 1. Engaging the present through the past -- Chapter 2. Identity, commemoration, remembering and forgetting -- Chapter 3.The active use of narratives in collective memory -- Chapter 4. Imagined communities and community imaginations -- Chapter 5. Localised narratives the construction of community myths -- Chapter 6. Popular cultures, memory performance and using memory -- Chapter 7. Transnational memories and generational change -- Chapter 8. Legacy, victimhood and the possibility of change -- Conclusion. Collective memory, narrative, politics and identity in Northern Ireland: some conclusions.
    Abstract: This book covers the notion of collective memory – broadly defined as the ways in which differing pasts are created, understood and reproduced – and how this is perpetuated in Northern Ireland by a wide set of social actors, including nations, religious and political groupings, and local communities. Such collective memories are not a preservative for historically accurate recall of bygone events but rather readings of the past subject to contemporary interpretations and political pressure. The adoption of political symbolism remains central to subsequent events. Indeed, in Northern Ireland, both communities hold their conflicting ‘memories’ dear and, importantly, rival political organizations have invested much in their own reading of the causes of the outbreak and continuation of the conflict. Set alongside constant exposure to other forms of discourse, texts, songs, prose and more visible physical manifestations – such as murals, commemorative gardens, personal tattoos, and even gravestones – there are a multitude of ways of reminding people of particular memories, community histories and interpretations of events, and of providing the background within which attitudes are formed. James W. McAuley is Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield, Visiting Professor in Political Sociology at Leeds Beckett University and Honorary Research Fellow in Political Psychology at Liverpool Hope University. .
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    ISBN: 9783031299124
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 11 p. 28 illus., 19 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Middle East ; Internationale Politik ; Außenpolitik ; Krieg ; Kriegsfolge ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Staat ; Innenpolitik ; Politischer Wandel ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Failed State ; Begrenzte Staatlichkeit ; USA ; Naher Osten ; Mittlerer Osten ; Nordafrika
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I – War, Expanding Chaos & Failed State-Building Across the Middle East -- Chapter 2. Afghanistan since 2001: US Geostrategic Ambitions, a Failed State, and the Return of the Taliban -- Chapter 3. Iraq 2003-2007, Geopolitics of an Imperial Democratization -- Chapter 4. Rebel Governance of Oil: The Case of the Houthis in Yemen -- Chapter 5. Wars on Terror in Arab Oil Lands, Russian Interventions, and Chinese Energy Policies: The Case of Northern Iraq and Syria -- Part II – Indirect Consequences of the War on Terror and Legacy -- Chapter 6. Political Instabilities and large-scale migrations in the MENA region: Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni cases in regional perspective -- Chapter 7. Overcoming Jihadism in Arabia: Tight Counter-Terrorism Policies in the Gulf Monarchies -- Chapter 8. Trump and Netanyahu’s Failed Palestine Sell-out: ‘A hate plan, not a peace plan’ -- Chapter 9. Natural Gas and Regional Energy Dis-integration in the Middle East -- Chapter 10. Conclusions. .
    Abstract: “A unique book analyzing with depth and breadth why and how the so-called ‘War on Terror’ has had for more than two decades a dramatic impact on the broad Middle East region, contributing to the effective rise of China and Russia in this part of the world. (…)” — Prof. Cristina D’Alessandro, Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa, Canada. “An important contribution to research on U.S. policy in the Middle East. (…)” —Dr. Farkhad AliMukhamedov, Sciences Po, France. “A new indispensable addition for every library featuring Middle Eastern studies. (…)” —Dr. Ignacio Rullansky, National University of San Martin, Argentina. After two decades of War on Terror, it is particularly important, for both academic and policy purposes, to clearly understand why the US formidable mobilization of means and might has transformed into a such a blatant geostrategic defeat of the US and its allies in the broad Middle East. This is all the more paradoxical that the WOT achieved a series of tactical victories – such as the toppling of hostile regimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya; the crippling of the national economies of enemy states by sanctions; the successful targeted killing of lead terrorist Usama Bin Laden, ISIS cult leaders Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and his successor, etc. So, why have these tactical victories not led to what was supposed to become, according to the US government, a ‘Greater Middle East’? With most authors being from or living in the Middle East, this book is unique as it brings perspectives and answers from the region. This is crucially important as we are entering, we argue, the era of a Post-American Middle East. Chapters 1 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com Prof. Laurent A. Lambert teaches energy policy and geopolitics, as well as climate change diplomacy and hydropolitics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and previously taught at Sciences Po Paris and Qatar University. Prof. Moosa Elayah specializes in Conflict Studies, Peacebuilding, and International Development. He has pioneered teaching and research in governance, community-based initiatives, alternative and cooperative services delivery during conflicts in Yemen and beyond.
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    ISBN: 9783031160080
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 425 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 8th ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Finanzkrise ; Spekulation ; Bankenkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Geldgeschichte ; Bankgeschichte ; Finanzkrise ; Lender of Last Resort ; Welt ; USA ; Financial crises ; Business cycles ; Depressions ; Macroeconomics. ; Finance. ; History. ; Economic history. ; Financial services industry. ; International relations. ; Financial crises ; Financial history ; Financial crashes ; Global financial crisis ; Financial markets ; Financial bubbles ; National banking systems ; Asset-price bubbles ; Exchange-rate volatility ; International financial systems ; Economic history ; Lender of last resort ; International economy ; Liquid capital ; Capital markets ; Housing based credit bubbles ; Minksy moment ; Japanese bubble of late 1980s ; Credit fueled price bubbles ; Cryptocurrencies ; Finanzkrise ; Bankenkrise ; Depression ; Geschichte ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Spekulation ; Börsenkrach ; Krise ; Weltwirtschaft ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1: Financial Crises: a Hardy Perennial -- 2: The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis.-3: Speculative Manias -- 4: Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit -- 5: The Critical Stage – When the Bubble Is About To Pop -- 6: Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle -- 7: Domestic Contagion: Twin Peaks? -- 8: International Contagion 1618–1933 -- 9: Bubble Contagion: Mexico City to Tokyo to Bangkok to New York, London, and Reykjavik -- 10: Policy Responses: Benign Neglect, Exhortation, and Bank Holidays -- 11: The Domestic Lender of Last Resort -- 12: The International Lender of Last Resort before 2000.-13: The 21st Century International Lender of Last Resort -- 14: Bitcoin: Worse than a Ponzi -- 15 The Lessons of History.
    Abstract: In the Eighth Edition of this classic text on the financial history of bubbles and crashes, Robert McCauley joins with Robert Aliber in building on Charles Kindleberger's renowned work. McCauley draws on his central banking experience to introduce new chapters on cryptocurrency and the United States as the 21st Century global lender of last resort. He also updates the book's coverage of the recent property bubble in China, as well as providing new perspectives on the US housing bubble of 2003-2006, and the Japanese bubble of the late 1980s. And he gives new attention to the social psychology that leads people to take the risk of investing in Ponzi schemes and asset price bubbles. For the first time in this revised and updated edition, figures highlight key points to ensure that today’s generation of finance and economic researchers, students, practitioners and policy-makers—as well as investors looking to avoid crashes—have access to this panoramic history of financial crisis.
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    ISBN: 9783031218125
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 387 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Financial Services Technology
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    Keywords: Virtuelle Währung ; Datensicherheit ; Regulierung ; USA ; Finance—Law and legislation. ; Virtuelle Währung ; Datensicherheit ; Regulierung ; USA ; Financial engineering. ; Financial services industry. ; Finance ; digital currencies ; virtual currencies ; cryptocurrencies ; Bitcoin ; federal and state regulation ; financial regulation ; taxation ; international regulation ; banking ; investments and securities ; regulation of crypto ; regulation of bitcoin ; Datensicherheit ; Regulierung ; USA ; Virtuelle Währung ; Blockchains (Databases) ; Electronic funds transfers ; USA ; Virtuelle Währung ; Datensicherung ; Blockchain ; Regulierung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Digital Transformation -- Chapter 2. Technology Underlying Cryptocurrencies and Types of Cryptocurrencies -- Chapter 3. Legal Issues of Digital Technology -- Chapter 4. US Federal Regulation of Virtual Currencies -- Chapter 5. States' Regulation of Virtual Currencies -- Chapter 6. Criminal and Civil Enforcement of Virtual Currencies -- Chapter 7. Central Bank Digital Currencies -- Chapter 8. International Regulation -- Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Future of Cryptocurrencies.
    Abstract: This second edition further explores the regulatory landscape of cryptocurrency, highlighting the rise of Bitcoin, which is based on blockchain technology, and some of the many types of coins and tokens that emerged thereafter. Although Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made national and international news with their dramatic rise and decline in value, nevertheless the underlying technology is being adopted by both industry and governments, which have noted the benefits of speed, cost efficiency, and protection from hacking. Based on numerous downloaded articles, laws, cases, and other materials, the book discusses the digital transformation, the types of cryptocurrencies, key actors, and the benefits and risks. It also addresses legal issues of digital technology and the evolving U.S. federal regulation. The varying treatment by individual U.S. states is reviewed together with attempts by organizations to arrive at a uniform regulatory regime. Both civil and criminal prosecutions are highlighted with an examination of the major cases that have arisen. This second edition specifically explores the creation of stablecoins, governments issuance of their own versions of digital currencies, new regulations that have been enacted and promulgated, and a clearer examination of futuristic evolutions that potentially will have a major impact upon the current cited technologies. Rosario Girasa is Distinguished Professor of Law at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University, USA. He is the author of seven previously published works that range from cyberlaw, law of finance, and shadow banking. He is also the author of approximately 130 articles published in diverse U.S. and international journals.
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    ISBN: 9783031346927
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(xii, 159 p., 12 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
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    Keywords: Trump, Donald ; America—Politics and government ; International relations ; Political science ; Globalization ; America ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Nationalismus ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Interesse ; Protektionismus ; United States Foreign relations 2017-2021 ; United States Foreign relations 2021- ; United States Politics and government 2017-2021 ; United States Politics and government 2021- ; USA ; Trump, Donald 1946- ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theorizing Trump: A Critical Political -Economy Approach -- Chapter 3: American Grand Strategy before Trump: The History and Nature of Open-Door Globalism -- Chapter 4: Enter Trump and the Trumpists: A Social Network Analysis of Trump’s Foreign Policy-Makers -- Chapter 5: The Changing Global Context of US Foreign Policy: Great Power Competition and “the China Challenge” -- Chapter 6: The Trumpian Shift: From Open Door Globalism to Economic Nationalism -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Trump and the Enduring Crisis of the American Power Elite.
    Abstract: “A brilliant, impeccably researched must-read analysis of the shifting tectonic plates of American power.” — Inderjeet Parmar, Professor of International Politics, City University of London, UK This book offers a comprehensive explanatory account of Trump’s foreign policy by assessing its nature, determining the extent to which it broke with the policy of preceding presidencies, and explaining this shift’s genesis. We argue that Trump has succeeded in remaking America’s grand strategy by unmaking its long-standing strategy of what we call Open Door Globalism, a strategy of economic expansionism through the promotion of open markets globally and its institutionalization into a US-led liberal world order. Trump has broken with Open Door Globalism in probably lasting ways by adopting an outlook and strategy of neo mercantilist economic nationalism based upon an ‘America First’ redefinition of US sovereignty and national interests. Explaining this Trumpian shift in US foreign policy we focus on the social sources of Trump’s foreign policy-making elite’s agency, analysing its embeddedness in elite networks and within the changing global and domestic context. The latter, coupled with a crisis of established elite power, also indicates why Biden has not returned to Open Door Globalism but doubled down on aspects of the Trumpian economic nationalist break. Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is Professor of Global Political Economy and Geopoliticsat the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author of several books, edited volumes and articles in journals like International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Public Policy, New Political Economy, Globalizations and Global Networks. Jaša Veselinovič is a PhD Researcher in Political Science at the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies, SCRIPTS, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Naná de Graaff is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the author of several books, edited volumes and articles in journals like International Affairs, Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, and Global Networks. De Graaff chairs the EU-COST China in Europe Research Network.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9783031156632
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 473 p. 28 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Jahresabschluss ; Jahresabschlussprüfung ; IFRS ; Bilanzierungsgrundsätze ; USA ; Accounting. ; Business enterprises—Finance. ; Financial Statements ; Cash Flows ; Shareholders’ equity ; IFRS ; International Financial Reporting Standards ; GAAP ; Foreign Currency Accounting ; Account Receivables ; Balance sheet ; Marketable securities ; Valuation of inventories ; Working Capital ; Valuation of PPE ; Taxable Income ; Retained Earnings ; Statements of Cash Flows ; Pension and Postretirement Liabilities
    Abstract: Part 1. Overview of Financial Statements and the Statement of Position -- Chapter 1. Overview of Financial Statements -- Chapter 2. Cash and Cash Equivalents -- Chapter 3. Short-Term Assets: Inventories -- Chapter 4. Account Receivables -- Chapter 5. Pre-Paid Expenses, Unearned Income and Other Current Assets -- Chapter 6. Short-Term Liabilities and Working Capital -- Chapter 7. Long-Term Assets: Plant, Property and Equipment -- Chapter 8. Long Term Assets: Intangibles -- Chapter 9. Long-Term Liabilities: Leases -- Chapter 10. Long-Term Liabilities: Pension and Post-Retirement Liabilities -- Chapter 11. Shareholders’ Equity -- Part 2. The Statement of Income -- Chapter 12. Analysis of the Statement of Income -- Chapter 13. Other Comprehensive Income -- Chapter 14. The Sub-Statement of Retained Earnings -- Chapter 15. The Computation of the Taxable Income -- Part 3. The Statement of Cash Flows and Financial Ratios -- Chapter 16. Analysis of the Statements of Cash Flows -- Chapter 17. Financial Ratios Analysis -- Part 4. Pro-Forma Financial Statements -- Chapter 18. Forecasting Financial Statements’ Analysis -- Part 5. Consolidated Financial Statements -- Chapter 19. Foreign Currency Accounting -- Chapter 20. Consolidated Financial Statements -- Chapter 21. Segment and Intermediary Financial Statements -- Chapter 22. IFRS and GAAP -- Part 6. Case Study -- Chapter 23. Apple and Microsoft Case Study -- Part 6: Non-GAAP Reporting & Earnings Management -- Chapter 24. Non-GAAP Reporting -- Chapter 25. Earnings Management through Excessive Reserves and Provisions -- Part 7: Valuation -- Chapter 26. Valuation Accounting.
    Abstract: Through a mixture of concepts and examples, the second edition of this book demystifies the variety of elements of financial accounting and uncovers the need-to-know information for certification in this field. This book covers the two aspects of financial statement analysis, namely quantitative and non-quantitative analysis. Unique to the second edition, the book will also cover Non-GAA- metrics and valuation accounting. Concluding with helpful and updated case studies, the book will appeal to students and academics of financial accounting. Felix I. Lessambo is Adjunct Associate Professor at Fordham University, USA, where he teaches Corporate Tax and Audit & Assurance Services. He was an Associate Professor at Central Connecticut State University School of Business where he taught Financial Statements Analysis, Global Financial Reporting, and Law & Finance. He has practiced international tax, transfer pricing, and alternative investment management where he structured and advised on hedge funds and private equity cross-border transactions. He is the author of several books in finance including The International Banking System, The International Corporate Governance System, International Financial Institutions and Their Challenges, International Aspects of US Taxation System, Audit-Assurance Services & Forensics, Financial Statements: Analysis & Reporting, The US Banking System, Mergers in the Global Markets, International Finance, The US Mergers & Acquisitions: Legal & Financial Aspects, and International Project Finance: The Public-Private Partnership.
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    ISBN: 9783031113420
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 275 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Carrer, Monica How people respond to violence
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    Keywords: Peace. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; International relations. ; Anthropology. ; Indien ; Bewaffneter Konflikt ; Gewalttätigkeit ; Bürgerkrieg ; Maoismus ; Gesellschaft ; Konfliktbewältigung ; Friede
    Abstract: 1. A Puzzle From the Field -- 2. Local People in the Civil Wars Literature -- 3. Maoism in India -- 4. An Everyday Approach to Conflict and Peace -- 5. The Lalgarh Movement in Junglemahal: Comparing the Narratives -- 6. Experiencing Conflict -- 7. Responding to Conflict -- 8. Perspectives on Peace, Change and Development -- 9. Conclusion: The Extraordinary of the Ordinary in Times of Violence.
    Abstract: This book explores the powerful role of ordinary people's agency in times of violent conflict. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a Critical Discourse Analysis, the author draws out the motivations, drivers and strategies at individual and community levels. With a focus on people’s own voices, this research highlights rich findings showing a wide range of experiences and actions that people engaged in during the violent conflict, and dimensions that are often missed in dominant explanations of violent conflict. Therefore, while looking at peace and conflict from an everyday perspective, the question of power and the meaning of peace knowledge become central. This monograph addresses the power of people’s agency not only in shaping the politics and dynamics of violence, but also in redefining what ‘peace’ and ‘change’ ought to look like. Essential reading for researchers and students of Peace and Conflict Studies, and also International Relations, Security Studies, Resistance Studies, Anthropology, Politics, International Development. Monica Carrer, co-founder of the Everyday Peace Initiative and the creator of the Everyday Peace Community, a digital platform and app dedicated to peace and social change that crowdsources knowledge for peace and social change action, connecting researchers with activists, practitioners and communities. She is co-author of the Everyday Peace Toolkit and recipient of the Sonja Davies Peace Award.
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    ISBN: 9783030866044
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXIII, 338 p. 165 illus., 98 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sless, Henry Merchant princes and charlatans or makers of money?
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    Keywords: 1800-1899 ; Kaufleute ; Institutioneller Investor ; Wirtschaftskriminalität ; Geschlechterdiskriminierung ; Elite ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; USA ; Großbritannien ; Frankreich ; Deutschland (bis 1945) ; Finance—History. ; Arts. ; Europe—History. ; History. ; Finance. ; Art—History.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Financial context -- Visual context -- The merchant princes -- The charlatans -- Financial iconography -- Gender -- The other -- The law -- Dreams and the unconscious -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who defrauded investors of millions. The breakdown of trust between financiers and investors that evolved during this period is represented visually in depictions of the emotional response of investors to the uncertain financial climate. Throughout the book a PEARL methodology has been used to critique the images reflecting the impact of any Publisher’s political bias, the Editorial and Artistic techniques used to convey the messages in the images, and the Legal context (especially a concern in countries such as France and Germany where censorship was strict). The book concludes that white-collar criminals were invariably secretly admired in Britain, and rarely severely satirised. Similarly, Merchant Princes were depicted favourably in Britain as members of the ruling elite during the latter half of the century. This is contrasted with the more extreme anti-monopolistic images in the US and the extreme anti-Semitic treatment of Jewish financiers in France and Germany. Henry Sless is currently a Research Associate at Henley Business School at the University of Reading, UK. He received a Master’s in historical cartoons from the University of Kent, UK, and a doctorate in visual images of finance in the Victorian era from the University of Reading.
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    ISBN: 9783030825515
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 215 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
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    Keywords: Public policy. ; Political science. ; Stadt ; Zuwanderer ; Internationale Migration ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Governance ; Migrationspolitik ; Mehrebenen-Verflechtung ; Staatstätigkeit ; Qualitativ vergleichende Analyse ; USA
    Abstract: This book examines the nexus between City Networks, multilevel governance and migration policy. Examining several City Networks operating in the European Union and the United States of America’s multilevel political settings, it brings migration research into conversation with both policy studies and political science. One of the first comparative studies of City Networks and migration, the book argues that multilevel governance is the result of a contingent process of converging interests and views between leaders in network organisations and national governments, the latter continuing to play a key gatekeeping role on this topical issue even in the supranational EU system. Tiziana Caponio is Associate Professor at the University of Turin and Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy. In this conceptually and empirically rich analysis, Tiziana Caponio changes the way we think about migration by focusing on cities and the important role played by city networks. By changing the focus to the city, Caponio also changes the way that we understand these issues and sets out an innovative agenda for both academic researchers and policy-makers. Andrew Geddes, Director, Migration Policy Center/EUI Caponio explores the topical issue of migration policy, and the central role that cities play in it, using the theoretical lens of multilevel and network governance and making significant strides in the understanding and conceptualization of both theoretical approaches and the necessary and sufficient conditions for their activation emphasizing the role of distinct sets of actors. The cross-Atlantic comparative approach lends wider purchase to her analysis and enriches the institutional dimension of her exploration. Simona Piattoni, Professor of Political Science, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento.
    Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise, Index , Introduction , Multilevel governance and city networks : theorising the missing link , City networks in multilevel policymaking on migration : a least-likely case for MLG , Migration city networks in the EU supra-national polity : case studies , Migration city networks in the US federal system : case studies , City networks, migration and multilevel governance : making sense of a (missing) nexus
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    ISBN: 9783030930318
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 277 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Woods, Tryon P. Pandemic police power, public health and the abolition question
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    Keywords: Critical criminology. ; Criminology. ; Public health. ; Race. ; Social justice. ; Human rights. ; USA ; Rassismus ; Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Gesundheitswesen ; Überwachung ; Soziale Kontrolle ; Polizei ; Strafrecht ; Pandemie ; COVID-19
    Abstract: Chapter 1: - Reconceptualizing How Policing Works -- Chapter 2: - Reform, Violence, Capital, and Prison Abolition -- Chapter 3: -The Police Power of Finance, Technology, Housing, and Education -- Chapter 4: -Evaluating COVID-19 Testing, Infection, Mortality, Treatment, and Vaccines -- Chapter 5: -Efficacy, Eugenics, and Law in the Modern Vaccine Regime -- Chapter 6: -Black Life-Matters, Medical Racism, and Health Self-Determination.
    Abstract: This book critically explores how police power manifested beyond criminal law into the field of public health during the pandemic. Whilst people were engaged with anti-police violence protests, particularly in the US, they were being policed openly and notoriously by the government and medical science in the public health arena. The book explores how public health policing might be an abuse of constitutional power and encourages the abolition question to be applied consistently to the state’s discourse in the area of public health, as black people the world over continue to bear a disproportionate cost burden for public health policies. The chapters explore contemporary policing in terms of the historical context of slavery, the growth of the police and prison abolition movement and how this should be applied more widely, and how police power operates throughout society beyond the criminal justice system, in finance, technology, housing, education, and in medicine and health science. It seeks to re-examine our relationship to health sovereignty and the police power more fundamentally. It provides insights into the convergence of policing and social control of humans and argues that the most normative response is abolition. Tryon P. Woods is Associate Professor of Crime and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts, USA, and Special Lecturer in Black Studies at Providence College, USA. Dr. Woods has worked with community-based organizations in New York City, Seattle, and Oakland on HIV/AIDS prevention, supportive housing for drug users, and police accountability. He is the author of Blackhood Against the Police Power: Punishment and Disavowal in the “Post-Racial” Era (Michigan State 2019); co-author of the forthcoming Ex Aqua in the Mediterranean: Excavating Black Power in the Migrant Question (Manchester UP); and co-editor of Conceptual Aphasia in Black: Displacing Racial Formation (Lexington 2016) and On Marronage: Ethical Confrontations with Antiblackness (Africa World Press, 2015).
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    ISBN: 9783030998158
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 155 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Series Statement: Human rights interventions
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Imperialismus ; Korruption ; Menschenrecht ; Neoliberalismus ; Hegemonie ; Internationale Organisation ; Menschenrechtspolitik ; USA
    Abstract: This book provides a novel account of the role of human rights discourse in the US foreign policy. The book analyses the US State Department’s Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices as a means to monopolise and, more importantly, legitimise a specific framing of the human rights agenda to further US foreign policy. The US agenda’s deviation from established international human rights standards has very serious implications considering the preponderant global influence exercised by the US. Furthermore, more recently, the reports have added a separate section on "corruption" as a human rights issue. “Corruption”, a controversial concept from the outset, is understood in a narrow way as a public sector issue that largely prevails in and subverts the so-called developing and transition countries. This book shows how this recent inclusion ultimately serves the US global neoliberal imperialist agenda and becomes the hegemonic discourse in international organisations. Dr. Ilia Xypolia is Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK, and the reviews editor for the Journal of Global Faultlines. .
    Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnis Seite 144-151, Literaturhinweise, Index , Panopticon : the architecture and the theatre of human rights , Knowledge production and cultural imperialism , Human rights and American exceptionalism , Annual country reports on human rights practices , Corruption as a human rights issue , Global political implications : demonizing the public sector
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    ISBN: 9783030864101
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 243 Seiten)
    Series Statement: International political economy series
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Außenpolitik ; Regionalpolitik ; Ursache ; Internationales politisches System ; Position ; Herrschaftssystem ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeit ; Vorherrschaft ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; Afrika ; USA ; China
    Abstract: Part I Imperfections of the International Liberal Order and Africa’s Plight -- 1. The Liberal Internationalist Order and Its Discontents .-- 2. Africa and Defective Multilateralism -- 3. Africa in the Multilateral Trading System -- 4. Implications of China-US Rivalry on Africa -- 5. The Evolution of US-Africa Relations: From Idealism to Realpolitik -- 6 US-Africa’s Engagement from Clinton to Trump -- Part III Digital Futures and African Agency -- 7. Paradigms, Inclusive Institutions, and Structural Transformation -- 8. Africa’s Digital Futures -- 9. US-China Tech Wars: Shaping Africa’s Agency
    Abstract: “African agency in moderating China-US competition to advance peace and prosperity on the continent, with mutual benefit for the two global powers, is well-served by this concise and compelling book. This book should be required reading for policymakers and concerned publics throughout Africa and abroad.” -- John Stremlau, Head of Peace Programmes, Carter Center, USA. This book offers a rich perspective on Africa’s agency in the changing global order marked by intense geopolitical contestations. It discusses ways in which the African continent has been on the margins of the global economic system because of the actions of major powers and Africa’s own leaders, and how this legacy can be overcome. The book covers an uncharted ground in analyzing the intersection between geopolitical rivalry, digital futures, and Africa’s place in the world. This text makes a clarion call for African leaders and citizens to define better development pathways for the continent through insisting on ethical and transformation leadership as well as building credible institutions that are inclusive. This, according to the author, will ensure a sounder basis for Africa’s positive agency. Further, the book makes a strong case for structural transformation that is innovation-led, and that African decision-makers should leverage US-China rivalries to achieve Africa’s own development interests. Mzukisi Qobo is Head, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. He serves on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Advisory Council. He has in the past served in a senior role in government as Chief Director responsible for trade policy in the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa. His areas of expertise are governance, political economy, and geopolitics. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Warwick, UK.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 411 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rethinking and reforming American policing
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    Keywords: Public safety. ; Critical criminology. ; Criminal behavior. ; Crime—Sociological aspects. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Nordirland ; Polizei ; Krise ; Reform ; Protestbewegung ; Gemeinwesenbezogene Polizeiarbeit
    Abstract: I -- Introduction (Schafer & Myers)_ II -- Perspectives from police executives: Reimaging policing and public safety (Myers & Schafer)_ III -- Views of the chief executive_ IV -- Views of a police supervisor_ V -- Views of a front-line police officer_ VI -- Views of a city manager_ VII -- Recruitment & selection_ VIII -- Women in policing_ IX -- Police training & education_ X -- Police use of force review boards_ XI -- Policing accountability systems/methods/technology_ XII -- Policing protests_ XIII -- Officer well-being and resilience_ XIV -- Policing and race_ XV -- International considerations_ XVI -- Conclusion (Schafer and Myers).
    Abstract: "Dr. Schafer and Chief Myers have developed a comprehensive and contemporary guidebook for leading the next generation of police reform. An evidence-based mix of research and policy that goes beyond the norm providing thoughtful insights on police change that is of value to both the policing scholar and police practitioner.” -David L. Carter, Professor, Michigan State University, USA Policing in the US and many western nations is in an era of crisis, facing extensive calls for reformation and change. This edited book outlines the major challenges and changes needed to achieve a more stable future for the policing profession and police organizations. The chapters come from innovative police leaders and officers as well as academics with subject matter expertise, to provide insight into how reform can be achieved. It starts with an examination of how policing reached this state of crisis and discusses some interviews conducted with police leaders, particularly chiefs as agents of change and reform. This is followed by chapters from veteran police leaders and personnel describing some of the factors that brought policing to this critical time of change and reform, and some potential strategies to create meaningful change while considering unintended consequences. The book concludes with chapters from academics and police leaders defining paths that policing can take toward needed changes that will increase legitimacy, trust, and equality of policing services. The text speaks to students, academics and professionals interested in police organization and administration, police leadership, and contemporary issues in policing and criminal justice. Joseph A. Schafer is Professor of Criminology and Criminal at Saint Louis University, USA. His research focuses on policing, organizational change, leadership, citizen perceptions of police, and futures research in policing. Richard W. Myers is a retired police chief with over 40 years of law enforcement experience, including 33 years as the chief of 8 different agencies in six different US states. He has served leadership roles in a range of police professional associations, including serving as the President/Chair for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and as the Executive Director for the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 153 p. 1 illus.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Steward, Dwight Economic losses and mitigation after an employment termination
    Keywords: Kündigung ; Kündigungsschutz ; Qualifikation ; Arbeitsuche ; USA ; Law and economics. ; Labor economics. ; Population—Economic aspects. ; Civil law. ; Entlassung ; Kündigungsschutz ; Kündigungsschutzklage
    Abstract: 1. Employment Economic Damage Models Overview -- 2. Plaintiff's Job Search Activities Post-Employment Termination -- 3. Labor Market Analysis and Mitigation following Termination -- 4. Valuation Concepts for Back and Front Pay Losses -- 5. Labor Market and Job Search Research Review -- 6. Valuation of Stock Based Employee Compensation -- 7. Document Requests for Back and Front Pay Analyses -- 8. Case Study Set 1: Highly Skilled Individuals -- 9. Case Study Set 2: Less Skilled Individuals -- 10. Case Study Set 3: Public Sector Employees -- 11. Case Study Set 4: Highly Educated Individuals -- 12. Case Study Set 5: Managers and Executives -- 13. Case Study Set 6: Defamation and Damage to Reputation -- 14. Labor Market Data Sources.
    Abstract: This Palgrave Pivot provides a conceptual and practical discussion of the factors that comprise a standard economic damage model in an employment termination case. This book discusses the economic factors and assumptions that comprise an economic damages model in an employment termination case. It also provides a discussion of the valuation of employee fringe benefits and employee stock option valuations. Background on the concept of discounting and discussions of the required information in employment cases are also provided. Readers are able to see the analysis in action, with case studies revolving around highly skilled individuals, less skilled individuals, public sector employees, highly educated individuals, managers and executives, and defamation and damage to reputation.
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    ISBN: 9783031102608
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 247 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies of the Americas
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Führung ; Machtpolitik ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Vorherrschaft ; Position ; USA
    Abstract: 1. Leading on ‘Values’?: American Liberal Internationalism, 1918-2022, Tony Smith -- 2. Who Recognizes? US Nuclear Diplomacy and the Conferral of Legitimacy, Sidra Hamidi -- 3. US Leadership in Cyberspace in the Age of Great Power Competition, Frédérick Douzet and Stéphane Taillat -- 4. Defining Strategy and Maintaining Allies for Great Power Competition: Independent Leadership in the Department of Defense, Michael Stricof -- 5. Competing for Leadership: Europe’s Choices in the Sino-American Geo-economic Rivalry , Josef Braml -- 6. Leader, Regulatory Laggard? Washington and the Shifting Governance of Digital Trade, Jean-Baptiste Velut -- 7. Can the United States Lead on Climate? A Realist Perspective on US Climate Leadership, Jean-Daniel Collomb -- 8. “We Will Remain a Pacific Power”: America’s Self-Proclaimed Destiny in the Asia-Pacific Region, Robert J. McMahon -- 9. The Never-Ending Problem: The Middle East in US policy, Marina Ottaway -- 10. What is Left of US Leadership in the Americas?, Isabelle Vagnoux.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the transformations and consistencies of American leadership during the past few years and situates recent American foreign policy in a longer time frame, following the 2020 presidential election and after a full year of the Biden Administration. This longer and broader view by European and American academics and experts considers both shifting American policies, notably during Trump’s presidency, and underlying trends that have often gone ignored compared to the more dramatic antics of the 45th president. It helps decode recent American policy and permits us to consider possible new directions and likely continuities under Democratic leadership. Michael Stricof is Associate Professor of American Studies at Aix-Marseille University, France. Isabelle Vagnoux is Professor of U.S. History and Politics at Aix-Marseille University, France. .
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    ISBN: 9783031175138
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 141 p. 20 illus., 15 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Wright, Robert E., 1969 - Debating universal basic income
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Basic Income Guarantee ; Artificial Intelligence ; General Purpose Technology ; Universal Basic Income ; Labor economics ; Workforce ; USA ; Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen
    Abstract: 1. UBI Basics -- 2. In Favor: Something for Everyone -- 3. Opposed: Less for All -- 4. In Favor: Safety from Artificial Intelligence -- 5. Opposed: No Country for New Robots -- 6. In Favor: Another Weapon Against Climate Change -- 7. Opposed: The Centralized Control Conceit -- 8. Opposed: Too Dear or Too Little -- 9. In Favor: UBI Pays for Itself -- 1.0 Opposed: Democracy Destroyed -- 1.1 In Favor: Democracy Enhanced and Social Justice, Too! -- 12. Opposed: Dependency -- 13. In Favor: Autonomy -- 14. Summary and Alternatives.
    Abstract: This book presents the most compelling arguments for and against implementing a basic income guarantee today, in the voice of proponents and critics, in alternating chapters. Tables, figures, and pictures illustrate the key concepts and evidence, which include benefit cliffs and disincentive deserts, time series macroeconomic data, business, economic, and technological change (BETC), artificial intelligence and other general purpose technologies, along with advanced robotics, the environmental Kuznets Curve, income distributions, democracy, social justice, dependence, autonomy, and economic freedom. A neutral, non-partisan tone introduction defines UBI and covers the history of universal income plans, while the conclusion summarizes the main arguments for and against UBI before surveying alternative policies, including universal basic asset, credit, service, job, and training plans. Robert E. Wright Ph.D. is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) and the (co)author of 24 books on economic policy and history. Aleksandra Przegalińska Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Vice-President of Kozminski University, Poland. Aleksandra is responsible for International Relations and ESR as well as Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Labour and Worklife Program. Aleksandra is the head of the Human-Machine Interaction Research Center at Kozminski University and the Leader of the AI in Management Program. Until recently, she conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Collective Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. She graduated from The New School for Social Research in New York. She is the co-author of Collaborative Society.
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    ISBN: 9783031040597
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 259 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Series Statement: Palgrave studies in European Union politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; America—Politics and government. ; Communication in politics. ; Political science. ; Internationaler Umweltschutz ; Klimaänderung ; Internationale Organisation ; Politisierung ; Umwelt ; Diskussion ; Erwärmung ; USA
    Abstract: ‘This comparative analysis of contemporary climate change discourse in the EU and the US impresses through its sound theoretical grounding and systematic empirical investigation. It makes an outstanding contribution to understanding the critical role of ideas and their framing in climate politics. It also provides new insights into the deep-rooted transatlantic differences in this policy field. Recommended reading!’ —Sebastian Oberthür, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and University of Eastern Finland, Finland ‘This book provides the first comprehensive comparison of climate action in the EU and the US after the Paris Agreement. Contrasting policy development in both cases, it shows the power of ideas in explaining different approaches to tackling climate change.’ —Jon Birger Skjærseth, Fridtjof Nansens Institute, Norway ‘This book makes a novel contribution to our understanding of different discourses in climate change policy-making on the EU level and in the US. The book makes an important and very timely contribution to the literature. It provides a comprehensive assessment of core ideas and discourses which shape EU and American climate policy-making.’ —Rüdiger Wurzel, University of Hull, UK Political responses to climate change are shaped by beliefs and ideas. How does discourse on climate action and its contestation affect policy-making? Addressing this question, the book compares EU and US policy-making since the Paris Agreement and its framing by key political institutions. The empirical part analyses the structure, linkages and contestation of frames to evaluate the contrasting spaces of climate politics in both systems. As the first direct comparison of EU and US climate governance since the Paris Agreement, the book advances current research on the politics of climate change, the politicization of multi-level governance and the role of discourse for policy change. Frank Wendler is Senior Faculty Member (Privatdozent) at the Department of Social Sciences and Lead Researcher for the project 'How Ideas Frame the Politics of Climate Change', funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and based at the Center for Sustainable Society (CSS) of the University of Hamburg, Germany.
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    ISBN: 9783031061493
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 302 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Political science. ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Internationale Politik ; Strategische Allianz ; Außenbeziehungen ; Postkommunismus ; China ; Karibik ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: China’s Caribbean Adventure -- Chapter 3: China, Venezuela and Cuba - The New Cold War -- Chapter 4: China and the English-Speaking Caribbean and Suriname -- Chapter. 5: Caribbean Views of the new Geopolitical Landscape -- Chapter 6: The Long China-Taiwan Duel: Caribbean Echoes -- Chapter 7: Realignments, Tensions and Asymmetry: Russia and Iran -- Chapter 8: Europe and Canada – the Caribbean Relations and the New Cold War -- Chapter 9: U.S. Policy in a Choppy Caribbean Sea -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Policy Options in Geopolitically Tumultuous 2020s .
    Abstract: This book examines the slide into a new Cold War in the Caribbean. The primary argument is that the Caribbean’s geopolitics have shifted from a period of relative great power disinterest in the aftermath of the Cold War to a gradual movement into a new Cold War in which a global rivalry between the U.S. and China is acted out regionally. The result of this is a gradual polarization of countries in the Caribbean as they are increasingly pressured to choose between Washington and Beijing (this being very evident during the Trump years). It can be argued that the U.S. focus on the Caribbean in the late 1990s through the early 21st century diminished, leaving the region open to a China ready and eager to do business and guided by a diverse set of objectives. The book brings the reader into a discussion on international relations with a main focus on U.S.-Chinese relations being played out in the Caribbean, an important strategic region for the North American country. Scott B. MacDonald is the Chief Economist for Smith's Research & Gradings, a Global Americans Research Fellow, and a founding member and Fellow of the Caribbean Policy Consortium. .
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    ISBN: 9783030998042
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 521 p. 24 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Hate Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Right-wing extremism in Canada and the United States
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    Keywords: Critical criminology. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; Crime—Sociological aspects. ; Political sociology. ; Criminology. ; Religion and politics. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Kanada ; Rechtsradikalismus
    Abstract: Part 1. Thinking About Right-wing Extremism in North America -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Barbara Perry, Jeffrey Greunewald, Ryan Scrivens) -- Chapter 2. Understanding Extremism: Frames of Analysis of the Far Right (Randy Blazak) -- Chapter 3. Blurring the Boundaries of Mainstream and Extreme: Contexts and Contours of Right-wing Extremism in Canada (Barbara Perry) -- Chapter 4. Trump and the Alt Right: The Mainstreaming of White Nationalism (Tanner Mirrlees) -- Chapter 5. Asymmetric Coverage of Asymmetric Violence: How the U.S. Print News Media Report Far Right Terrorism (Erin M. Kearns and Allison Betus) -- Chapter 6. Check All That Apply: Challenges in Tracking Ideological Movements That Motivate Far-Right Terrorism (Erin Miller, Elizabeth Yates, and Sheehan Kane) -- Part 2. Diversity Within the Right-wing Extremist Movement -- Chapter 7. ‘We Are the News Now’: The Role of Networked Conspiracy and the Quebec ‘Tweetosphere’ in Shaping the Narrative around the Anti-COVID-19 Restrictions (Samuel Tanner and Aurélie Campana) -- Chapter 8. By Ballot or by Bullet: Fantasies of Violence in the Patriot/Militia Movement in the United States (Sam Jackson) -- Chapter 9. Birds of a feather: A comparative analysis of white supremacist and violent male supremacist discourses (Meredith Pruden, Ayse Lokmanoglu, Anne Peterscheck, and Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage) -- Chapter 10. They’re not all the same: a longitudinal comparison of violent and non-violent right-wing identities (Garth Davies, Ryan Scrivens, Tiana Gaudette, and Richard Frank) -- Chapter 11. No Longer Alone: Lone Wolves, Wolf Packs and Made for Web TV Specials (Jeffrey Kaplan) -- Part 3. Where the Action Is: Right-wing Extremist Activities -- Chapter 12. Far Right Extremist Violence in the United States (Steven Chermak, Joshua Freilich, , William Parkin, Jeff Gruenewald, Colleen Mills, Brent Klein, Leevia Dillon, and Celinet Duran) -- Chapter 13. Pathways to Hate: Applying an Integrated Social Control-Social Learning Model to Hate Violence by Far-Right Extremists (Colleen Mills) -- Chapter 14. Far-Right Extremists’ Use of the Internet: Emerging Trends in the Empirical Literature (Ryan Scrivens, Tiana Gaudette, Maura Conway, and Thomas J. Holt) -- Chapter 15. Far-Right Violence and Extremism – Global Convergence(Arie Perliger and Michael Mills) -- Chapter 16. The Nexus of Right-Wing Extremism and the Canadian Armed Forces (Philip McCristall, David C. Hofmann, and Shayna Perry) -- Part 4. Responses to far-right extremism -- Chapter 17. More than Walking Away: Barriers to Disengagement among Former White Supremacists (Steven Windisch, Pete Simi, Kathleen Blee, and Matthew DeMichele ) -- Chapter 18. Confronting Online Extremism: Strategies, Promises, and Pitfalls (James Hawdon and Matthew Costello) -- 19. Criminal Justice Responses To Right-Wing Extremist Violence In The United States (Jeff Gruenewald, Katie Ratcliff, and Hayden Lucas).
    Abstract: This book is the first collection of scholarship featuring both Canadian and American scholarship on the resurgent right-wing extremist movement in the two countries. It is particularly timely given the recent rise in political populism that has engendered renewed activism from extreme right contingents. Trump’s right-wing populist and white nationalist political campaign has galvanized Canadian and American white supremacist ideologies, identities, movements and practices. Leading Canadian and American scholars are brought together to explore a contemporary array of current dynamics, patterns and characteristics associated with the movement in each country. Split into four sections, it provides an introduction to extremism in the 21st century, it examines studying extremism, forms of extremist activity and violence, and the responses. The collection allows comparisons to be drawn out from the distinct treatments of each country. It speaks to students as well as scholars in social sciences departments, including criminology, sociology, social justice, and terrorism, peace and security studies, and political-violence related programs. Barbara Perry is Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, Canada, and the Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. Jeff Gruenewald is Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center (TRC) in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at University of Arkansas, USA. Ryan Scrivens is Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, USA. He is also Associate Director at the International CyberCrime Research Centre at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Research Fellow at the VOX-Pol Network of Excellence.
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    ISBN: 9783030941260
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 164 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als King, Jeannette Adventurous women in contemporary American historical fiction
    Keywords: Fiction. ; Literature, Modern—20th century. ; Literature, Modern—21st century. ; America—Literatures. ; Latin American literature. ; Comparative literature. ; Geschichte ; Geschichte ; USA ; Literatur ; Abenteurerin
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Revisiting the Canon, Rewriting History: Sena Jeter Naslund’s Ahab’s Wife, Or The Stargazer -- 3. Domesticating the Wilderness, a Woman’s Mission: Jane Smiley, The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton -- 4. Women and an Uncivil War: Paulette Jiles, Enemy Women -- 5. Adventures of Body and Soul: Audrey Thomas, Isobel Gunn -- 6. Home and Away: Jane Urquhart, Away: A Novel -- 7. The Female Epic: Antonine Maillet, Pélagie: The Return to Acadie -- 8. Conquistador’s Moll or Mother of the Nation? Laura Esquivel, Malinche -- 9. The Female Conquistador: Isabel Allende, Inés of My Soul -- 10. The Legacy of the Conquistadors: Esmeralda Santiago, Conquistadora -- 11. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: “This ground-breaking study introduces a challenging genre of women’s writing in which dauntless female protagonists represent a powerful alternative to the dominant traditions of the heroic male adventurer. The study is underpinned by substantive historical research. The clarity and engagement of King’s writing ensure it will be appreciated by academic and general readers alike.” —Pam Morris, independent scholar, formerly Professor of Modern Critical Studies at Liverpool John Moores University This book brings together for the first time nine groundbreaking historical novels by women from the United States, Canada and Latin America, united by their focus on female adventurers. These novels introduce the neglected women of history, real and imagined, who accompanied their menfolk to the New World, and enabled its settlement or colonisation. Familiar novelists include Isabel Allende, Audrey Thomas and Jane Smiley, but this book also introduces less familiar writers who have produced richly textured and densely historical novels. In addition to putting women back into history, these writers engage with the literature of the past, including the American canon of male fiction which dominated literary history before the intervention of feminist scholars. The book begins with an introduction to the history of historical fiction and provides a theoretical, historical and geographical context for the novels themselves. Jeannette King is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Publications include: Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism (2012), The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction (2005), Women and the Word: Contemporary Women Novelists and the Bible (2000) , and Tragedy in the Victorian Novel: Theory and Practice in the Novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and Henry James (1978) .
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    ISBN: 9783031062018
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 233 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern—19th century. ; Literature, Modern—20th century. ; Literature, Modern—21st century. ; Motion pictures. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Englisch ; Roman ; Sachkultur ; Geschichte 1837-1901 ; Rezeption ; Fernsehspiel ; Großbritannien ; Neuseeland ; Film ; USA ; Geschichte 1980-2022
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Stuff and Things: Introducing Neo-Victorian Materialities -- 2. Objects and Memorabilia in Deborah Lutz’s The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects -- 3. “Around the Mizzenpole”: Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage and African Americanizing the Neo-Victorian-at-sea -- 4. Touching, Writing, Collecting: Opium Paraphernalia and Neo-Victorian Material Culture -- 5. An Instrumental Thing: Pianos Extending and Becoming Postcolonial Bodies in Jane Campion’s The Piano and Daniel Mason’s The Piano Tuner -- 6. “Wilful Phantoms”: Haunted Dress, Memory, and Agentic Materiality in Colm Tóibín’s The Master -- 7. The Thing About Haunted Houses: In The Turn of the Screw, The Innocents and The Haunting of Hill House -- 8. There’s Something in the Tea: Murder and Materiality in Dark Angel -- 9. Criminal Things: Sherlock Holmes’ Details of Detection and Their Neo-Victorian Revisions -- 10. The Sleight of Hand: Appearance and Disappearance of Things in Neo-Victorian Magic.
    Abstract: Neo-Victorian Things: Re-Imagining Nineteenth-Century Material Cultures in Literature and Film is the first volume to focus solely on the replication, reconstruction, and re-presentation of Victorian things. It investigates the role of materiality in contemporary returns to the past as a means of assessing the function of things in remembering, revisioning, and/or reimagining the nineteenth century. Examining iterations of material culture in literature, film and popular television series, this volume offers a reconsideration of nineteenth-century things and the neo-Victorian cultural forms that they have inspired, animated, and even haunted. By turning to new and relatively underexplored strands of neo-Victorian materiality—including opium paraphernalia, slave ships, clothing, and biographical objects—and interrogating the critical role such objects play in reconstructing the past, this volume offers ways of thinking about how mis/apprehensions of material culture in the nineteenth century continue to shape our present understanding of things.
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    ISBN: 9783030783242
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 314 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Murphy, Mark Social theory
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    Keywords: Social sciences—Philosophy. ; Sociology. ; Einführung ; Soziologische Theorie ; Soziologie ; Sozialphilosophie ; Gesellschaft ; Staat ; Bürger
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The State -- 3. Governance -- 4. The Economy -- 5. Civil Society -- 6. Culture -- 7. Language -- 8. Knowledge -- 9. Self -- 10. Emotions -- 11. The Body -- 12. Social Justice -- 13. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This textbook delivers a new thematic introduction to social theory that explores theoretical issues in their contemporary social contexts. Each chapter is devoted to a specific thematic area, including the state, governance, the economy, civil society, culture, language, knowledge, the self, emotions, the body, and social justice. Each chapter details the key issues for debate and the relevant theories while linking those debates and theories to everyday life. Distributed throughout the chapters are focused sections on key concepts and their research applications, alongside helpful additional detail, including a glossary, further suggested readings, chapter summaries, and questions for discussion. The book also provides useful information on key theoretical movements such as feminism, Marxism, and post-structuralism, as well as biographies of key theorists. As such, it reflects the breadth of social theory and its interdisciplinary nature by drawing on thinkers not just from sociology, but also from philosophy, history, literature, geography, and cultural and gender studies. The book’s logical structure and clear pedagogical features make it an appealing and accessible introductory text for students new to social theory. The chapters demonstrate the relevance of social theory to everyday life, such that readers can understand and actively engage with key concepts. Mark Murphy is Reader in Education & Public Policy at the School of Education, University of Glasgow, UK. His published work includes two books on social theory and education.
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